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Florida in the popular imagination : essays on the cultural landscape of the Sunshine State / edited by Steve Glassman.
- Title
- Florida in the popular imagination : essays on the cultural landscape of the Sunshine State / edited by Steve Glassman.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2009.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Glassman, Steve.
- Description
- viii, 276 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Critical discussion of popular culture in Florida, which began drawing winter visitors before the Civil War (now boasts a hundred million+ visitors annually). These essays explore many facets of Florida's culture: Mickey; Shamu; early tourist sites; Key West and its favorite son Ernest Hemingway; and an overview of several iconic Florida institutions (Daytona 500, Spring Break)"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Mickey, mammals, movies, and more : a theme park extravaganza / Joy M. Banks -- Before the mouse : from glass-bottom boats to Gatorland / Keith L. Huneycutt -- Where being gay isn't a drag / Margaret Mishoe and Michael Perez -- The architecture of dreams / Jeff Morgan -- Weathering the climate / Steve Glassman -- Taking to the water / Duncan H. Haynes -- Sunsets, sunglasses, and celebrities on the small screen / Valerie E. Kasper -- Dangerous game : snakes, gators and one-ton sharks / Steve Glassman -- Hollywood east / Linda B. Moore -- "'If you don't like this town get out and stay out'" : Ernest Hemingway's Key West / E. Stone Shiflet and James H. Meredith -- The space coast : where dreams meet possibilities / Tammy Powley -- Cuban Miami : manufacturing Casablanca / Rafael Miguel Montes -- The Highwaymen and other black icons / Edmondson Asgill -- The dazzling lure of treasure hunting / Kathleen Robinson -- Snowbirds seek solar solace / Steven Knapp and Sarah M. Mallonee -- Spring break / Jeff Morgan and Salena Coller -- Motorsports rev up the economy / Alan Pratt -- Peculiar presidential politics among the palm trees / Steve Glassman.
- ISBN
- 9780786439645 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786439645 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2009009460
- OCLC
- 263493013
- SCSB-11984996
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library